Another Baby to Love

Well, he finally arrived this morning, Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 4:49 A.M. His name is Joshua Mark Dillman, and he is Jorie and Mark's third little boy. Well maybe not so little - he weighed in at 9 pounds and 7 ounces and measured 22 inches long!! We have been waiting on pins and needles - we wanted to meet him and to be able to help out awhile before we leave for Tanzania on July 14.

Here he is with his mommy. What a little sweetie!

His two big brothers were really excited and proud to meet him.

And of course, Gma Rho couldn't wait to hold him. He really does feel like a big boy already! We are so blessed - now we are the proud grandparents of three boys, two girls, and one (?) on the way. What a joy to welcome these new precious lives into our family.

Brothers

Joel and Silas have been spending some extra time with me this week as Jorie is trying to get last minute things done before Baby Dill #3 arrives. Yesterday they had fun playing with my junk boxes, those wonderful collections I gathered in my early years of teaching second grade for my "Math Their Way" lessons. Now the boxes provide hours of fun for my grandkids. They had fun with my button boxes yesterday and decided to pin on as many as they could. Here is my picture of the Button Brothers. Jorie had taken them for haircuts the day before, and I thought they looked so cute in their summer "do's" that I asked them to pose for pictures. I told them to hug each other, and they got so silly -- you can tell how hard they were laughing in the second picture.

The boys are such great friends (most of the time). I hope they have as much fun when they add one more brother or sister to the mix!